Cartridge pocket



May 20, 1930. o. H. KLEIN CARTRIDGE POCKET Filed Oct. 15, 1923 Oscar/2f 'Klez)? 17" ATTORNEY Patented May 20, 1930 PATENT. OFFER, 1

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TGABTRIDGEI POCKET. I

"Appl ication filed October 15, 1928.] Serial No. 312,513.

This invention relates generally to pocket holders and-has more particular reference to anovel cartridge pocket. i p I The invention has for an object the provision of a device of "the class mentioned,

which is of im ledurabl construction, desira'ble'in use and efficient in action, and which can be 'manufacturedand sold at a reasonable cost. 7 a a The invention propo'sestheuseof an outer flexible she'etof material consisting'of a pocket flap portion, a strap portion and a cartridge portion." An inner sheet of flexiblefmaterial is disposed on the inner side ofthe first mentioned material and includes a strap portion, a resilient joint anda cartridge portion. Adj acent-thesaid strap por tion of the first material the strap portion of the second material is positioned. The

cartridge portions are situated adjacent each other. Stitches secure the-inner and outer sheets together so that the device may be supported upon a waist strap. and so that.

bullets may be engaged in thecartridge holder. A means is provided for normally holding the pocketflap closed. r I 1 The pocket flap may be opened andthereupon the cartridge holder *automatically' bends down to a desired angular position due to the said resilient joint. Then a slight pull on the set of cartridges will be-suflicient to transfer all cartridges intoithe cupped palm of ones hand. Thiscartridge pocket overcomes the main difficulties of similar prior articles, which,'includes mainly the'inability of the cartridge pocket bend downwards to permita ready discharge of the-cartridges into the users hand; or the cartridge pocket tion, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will'be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and

5 to the appended claims in which the-various Y novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth. g p c I I Inlthe accompjanying-dra .ing forming 'a material part of this disclosure the line 2+2 of'Fig. 1.

move too far down so that the cartridges spill.-' I For" further comprehension of the inven- Fig. 1 is a fragmentary perspective viewofa waist strap with a cartridge pocket engaged thereon. u;

to Fig. 2 is avertical sectional view, taken on Fig. 3 is a side elevational view. of the articl'ein opened position. Fig. 4s a front elevational view of the article in a completely opened, flat position.

Fig.5 is a fragmentary view of a portion ofFig. 3 illustrating a modified form thereof.

Fig. 6 is a view slmilar to Fig. 5, but illustrating a'further modified for Fig. 7 is a View similar to Fig. 4, but disclosing a modification thereof.

Fig. 8' is a fragmentaryl'perspective view of a portion of. F ig..7 with theinner sheet of The reference numeral 12 indicates generallytheI outer material of'the article, which is'preferably of leather or. other flexible goods and consists of a, pocket flap portion 13, a strap portion 14 and a cartridge portion 15. An innersheet '16 also of flexible material is positionedon the inner'sid'e of the said outer material and consists ofa. strap portion 17,a resilient joint 18 and a cartridge portion 19." A horizontal row of stitches 20 and a second sockets 27 whichare engageable with complimentary fastener stubs 28 attached on the outer side of the cartridge portion l5. "In this manner the flap 13 may be normally held closed for keeping the cartridges 26 in place.

The resilient joint 18 exists between thestrap row 21 secure the outer and inner materials together so as to provide a'walst strap passupporting the V I portion 17 and the cartridge portion-l9 and is f disposed atthe'bottoin of the device when same isin vclosed positions This resilient 7 1 joint is such that when the flap 13'is opened, automatically the cartridge container moves to an angularly inclined position as shown in Fig.3 a

I It is-pointedbutlthatin lasagna posithe cartridge" chamber maintain its vertical position, the user ofthe device would be forced to remove.the cartridgesone or'several at a time. He surely could not'dropthem-all into'hishand; Similarly it is adisadvantage a e e a if the cartridge pocket should assume a di-' rectly downward position since then the ca rstrap'lif and cartridge section 19. Stitches- .tridges may spill out if they are loose :with in the-pocket. I a

' a Inthemodified' as; a the device illustratedinFig; 5',Ia':flexible resilient strap 18",

of small width or of a "width extending com-v ple'tely across theldevice; is shown attached onto the inner sheet which is made of sepa rate sections; ,These vseparate sections are 7 29' are shown asithe means for attaching the flexible resilient strap 185011 tothese sections The operation of this formiofthe device is similar'to the preferred form. The flexible I resilient strap '18- is such as toautomatically the modified incline the cartridgefpocket to ajdesirable an le.j

Y 19 Aspring' 31 of springmaterial, metal a or mammal, is showniattached onto the section 17 and pressing against the section 19. "This spring serves for forcing the car tridge pocket to the'desired angular position.

The material of the cartridge holder is such asxto normallytend to hold the cartridge 1 packagefin'the vertical position. The spring 7 3'1 ofcourse is ofsufiicientstrength to urge the cartridge pocket to theanglespecifie'd.

- In the m'odified form of thedevice illusj trated in Fig; 7 armeans has been illustrated :for adjusting the inclinedposition of the oartridge pocket. This means consists of a spring 32 tending to hold the cartridge pocket 7 ina verticaljpositionand a secondspring 33 tending to bend the cartridge package com- 'pletely downwards. A means is provided for V individually adjusting the tension of these springs so that-they neutralize for holding, the cartridge position. 1

package in a desired angular form of the device i11ustrated in Fig; 6, thev outer material is made from a strap'section 1 t sewedby stitches 30 Y to a cartridge section 1'5.- The inner material is also shown of twosectionslmainl y 17 a and SpringBQ is mounted on a left spindlesection 34 rotatively mounted in a bearing 35' attached on the outer material 12. V A disc '36 i is secured onto the spindle section tandijis' formed with a plurality of apertures near its periphery.' The' free end-of the spring 32 is -attached onto the inner sheet 1 6. @The disc a; 87 maybe .turned for imparting any desired tensionin the spring 32 and then held by" stitches 38 racting betweenx the discand .the

-ma-terial -10*"for"'holfdingthe spindle section 5 e 34 against'rotating.

r A right hand spindle section 39'is attached I to the spring 33 and is-rotatively mounted in I e I a bearing'tO projecting from the material 12.

The springT33 ;ise,;provid ed with-,aas'trap 41 secured to the inner material 16 for normallyi urging the cartridgepofcket intoaidownward: 7 I i 1 position; The spindle139 is provided? with a V disc 36; held in any'j-desired position-{by stitches 38engaging-apertures37 in the'dis'ci- V The modified form ot the" device illus-fr I trated in Fig. 9 discloses awristfcuflffholder 42 depending 'from the material '1'0; :Thisf Wrist cuff holder has {1 m g a snapfastener. r r arrangement and a ilaperture 745' for reg ceiving a wrist end 46. The cartridge cham ber of thisfarticle is constructed the same as before described." It is seen thatthe flap 43, 7.

may be openedand the f-wrist cufietd removed 7 as desired by the user. 7 v

of sections, each: section has -'an individualsnap fastener 27'. The materiaI IQand the:

inner material 1 6i isvalso provided withj'a V plu'rality'of bottom iSlQtS 48 tor-dividing it into a plurality of sections}. Each oneof -these sections have stitches 24ltorforming indif vidual cartridge chambers. V One or perhaps. two cartridges may be engaged ineachfone r j n Fig.v 10, the outer .ma r rialllll has been? m illustrated, with a plurality Qff'SlOtS 47 for I e e dividing the pocket fljap13f into-a; plurality of these chambers, In operation ofthis; de-

vice, the various cartridge chambers may be individually opened tor removing the car- I tridges within these chambers.

' Whileglhaveshown and described thepreterred embodiment orm invention, it;isto be understood that Idognot limit myself to the precise construction herein disclosed and I the right is-reserved' to all changes andemodi v fications coming Withinthe scope :ofthein vention as defined in the appended claims. 4

- Having thus described my invention what I claim as 7 new; and desire to securefby United States Letters Baten-t r 1:. A cartridge pocket, co-mprising outerl material having a. flap portion, strapi portion, and a cartridge holding portion, inner 'material having T a strap portion, resilient Jomt and a cartridgevholdingi portion, and

being secured to the outer material for gtormmg a strap passage, and ajcartridgepockea the said, resilient'joint being 'disposedwbetween the strap .andcar'tridge portions", and a capable of moving the cartridge pocket to a downwardly inclined position, a so that a slight pull on a set of cartrid es contained in the cartridge pocket will e suflicient to transfer all cartridges into the cupped palm of ones hand. 7 i

2. A cartridge pocket, comprising outer material having a flap portion, strap portion, and a cartridge holding portion, inner ma- I 10 terial having a strap portion, resilient joint and a cartridge-holding portion, and being secured to the outer material for forming a strap passage and a cartridge pocket, the said resilient joint being disposed between the strap and cartridge portions, and capable of moving the cartridge pocket to a downwardly-inclined position, so that'a slight pull on a set of cartridges contained in the cartridge pocket will be suflicient to transfer all cartridges into the cupped palm of ones hand, a means being provided for holding the flap and cartridgepocket together with the pocket in a vertical position.

3. A cartridge pocket, comprising outer material having a flap portion, strap portion,

, and a cartridge holding portion, inner ma terial havino a strap portion, resilient joint and a cartridge holding portion, and being, secured to the outer material for forming a i strap passage and a cartridge pocket, the said I terial having a strap portion, resilient joint and a cartridge holding portion, and being secured to the outer material for forming a strap passage and a cartridge pocket, the said a resilient joint being disposed between the 5g strap and cartridge portions, and capable of moving the cartridge pocket to a downwardly inclined position, so that a slightpull e on a set of cartridges contained in the car-' tridge pocket will be sufficient to transfer all cartridges into the cupped palm ofones hand, the said inner material being made of two sections connected by a flexible resilient 7 Strip for forming the said resilient joint,

and the said outer materialbeing made of two sections sewed together and arranged for normally urging the cartridge pocket upwards. V I

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

I I OSCAR KLEIN; 

